Ossoum Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ossoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ossoum (21) may also be a first name.
Ossoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossoum is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ossoum is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Ossoum is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Ossoum live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ossoum is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
The surname Ossoum is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 7,690,411. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 33 percent reside and Zanzan District, where 33 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ossoum
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